My favorite bar no longer exists. It used to be located at the former Toronto International Airport Terminal 1 or Aeroquay One as it used to be known. It was located above the departures level and had large beautiful windows overlooking the entire airfield. You can see it's former location in this picture on top of the circular portion of the building with the large windows:

The old terminal was something special architecturally, but on the departure level was the beautiful stainless steel lifts that took you up to the bar and the bar was out of this world with its original fittings from 1964. You could spend hours in there watching the planes come and go. Unfortunately torn down in 2004 and replaced by a modern terminal but it will never be the same.

Yo, Noel!  Scoma's is still there and is in a fight now with a fishing-boat captain, who they lease a slip to and is selling fresh-caught fish from his boat.  This causes the Scoma"s parking lot to jam up when he's selling!

 

 

The Beer Garden at the "Airport Hotel" at Manchester Airport EGCC .

It is absolutely on the very end of the runway , however it is offset several feet from the

runway centerline , the best place to have  the froth blown off the top of your beer by

the airliner jet engines .

I have a payware version of the Manchester airport scenery an it includes the

Airport Hotel complete with the Beer Garden .

 

Cheers

Karol

Edited June 13, 20205 yr by COBS

I was there two summers ago Charlie.  My daughter took me to San Francisco because she wanted me to show her where I grew up.  We stayed at Fisherman's Wharf and rode the cable car up to my old neighborhood and walked back to Fisherman's Wharf and had dinner at Scoma's.  

When I was a kid I used to fish with a handline off both Muni Pier and the piers at Fisherman's Wharf.  Caught perch and sometimes smelt.

Noel

1 hour ago, birdguy said:

Caught perch and sometimes smelt.

While you smelt the ocean's breath... :)

4 hours ago, COBS said:

The Beer Garden at the "Airport Hotel" at Manchester Airport EGCC .

It is absolutely on the very end of the runway , however it is offset several feet from the

runway centerline , the best place to have  the froth blown off the top of your beer by

the airliner jet engines .

I have a payware version of the Manchester airport scenery an it includes the

Airport Hotel complete with the Beer Garden .

 

Cheers

Karol

Ha, I always used to give the kids a wave and a flash of the landing lights as we came around that corner to line up on 23R, which they seemed to appreciate.

There's plenty of big kids who would also have appreciated that, Jon! 😎

There is also a Scoma's on the water in Sausalito. We would take the ferry and do the one in Sausalito for lunch, and then go to the one on the warf in SFO for dinner.

29 minutes ago, brucets said:

There is also a Scoma's on the water in Sausalito. We would take the ferry and do the one in Sausalito for lunch, and then go to the one on the warf in SFO for dinner.

I didn't know that. If I ever get back "home" (I live in Florida) I'll try it for sure. Thanks...........Doug

I lived in Coral Springs 5yrs and Longwood for 9yrs. On the way to the Keys stop at Alabama Jacks on Card Sound Road. Great watering hole. Check out the pics --

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g34344-d491818-Reviews-Alabama_Jack_s-Key_Largo_Florida_Keys_Florida.html

Edited June 14, 20205 yr by brucets

I wasn't aware of a Scoma's in Sausalito either.  I had a small two room apartment in Sausalito after I got out of the Marines and left my parent's house.  Had a nice view of Richardson Bay.  The rent at that time (1956) was 95 dollars a month.  I was making 390.00 a month at the time.  I had bought a new Plymouth and my car payments were about 60.00 a month.  Spending 15 dollars on a Saturday night date was considered extravagant.  Tempus Fugit.

Noel

 

Scoma's Sausalito ---

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g33062-d513718-Reviews-Scoma_s_Of_Sausalito-Sausalito_Marin_County_California.html

Sunset Beach right next to Princess Juliana airport watching a 7474 land right above me. The food was average, the drinks were cold, and the setting was perfect.

You mean the Sunset Bar at Maho Beach. Been there many times. Great place. YouTube has a zillion vids.

 

You'e right. I've hoisted a few there too. I don't know why I left it off my list (too much wine? Or maybe it was the Jack Daniels). Somewhere I have a film clip I took of people on the beach getting blown into the water during the takeoff run of a heavy.  One of the macho things in life is trying to hold onto the cyclone fence at the end of the runway during takeoff.......Doug

PS: Sadly, KLM no longer flies the 747's there. About the best you can do now is a 767...but that ain't bad.

Edited June 14, 20205 yr by W2DR
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